Road to Oblivion: The hill-climb up Nevada State Route 341 looked risky. We would learn just how risky it could be.

Nevada State Route 341 winds up the side of a mountain leading to Virginia City—a historic mining town southeast of Reno—climbing from a valley floor at 5000 feet to 6200 feet. The road was constructed to bypass SR 342, which connects Silver City with Virginia City. It’s as scary a piece of blacktop as you will find anywhere.